Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:AUT
Nocname:Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1912
Website: 
Location:Stockholm
Competitors:85 (76 men and 6 women)
Sports:12
Rank:17
Gold:0
Silver:2
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time. 85 competitors, 76 men and 6 women, took part in 46 events in 12 sports.[1]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
July 15
July 5
July 8
July 15

Aquatics

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Eight swimmers competed for Austria at the 1912 Games. It was the fifth time the nation had competed in swimming, a sport in which Austria had competed at each Olympic Games. The team finished with a bronze medal, won in the women's relay event, for the third straight time that the Austrian swimming team had won precisely one bronze medal.

None of the Austrian swimmers advanced to the finals in their individual events; only two reached the semifinals. The women's relay team was one of four to compete. A single race was held, in which the Austrian women came in third behind Great Britain and Germany but before the host Sweden.

Men
SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Franz Schuh400 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/A6:09.43align=center colspan=4Did not advance
1500 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/A25:19.82 Qalign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=2Did not advance
Zeno von Singalewicz400 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A7:04.03 qalign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=2Did not advance
Josef Wastl200 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A3:25.64align=center colspan=4Did not advance
400 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Women
SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Margarete Adler100 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/A1:34.44align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Josefa Kellner100 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/A1:41.24align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Klara Milch100 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/A1:37.23align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Josephine Sticker100 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/A1:31.84align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Berta Zahourek100 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/A1:38.63align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Margarete Adler
Klara Milch
Josephine Sticker
Berta Zahourek		4 × 100 m free relayalign=center colspan=6N/A6:17.0

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Austria made its Olympic water polo debut in 1912. The team advanced to the final, on the strength of a one-goal win over Hungary in the quarterfinals and a bye in the semifinals. Austria was then crushed by the British side, 8 to nil, in the final. Following this, and due to the use of the Bergvall System for the tournament, the Austrians did not automatically win the silver medal (as they would in a standard single-elimination tournament) but had to compete further. Their first silver-medal round match was against Sweden; a win in this match would pit the Austrians against Belgium for silver and bronze. Austria lost, however, and thus their match against Belgium meant either bronze or fourth place for the squad. A tight loss to the Belgians dropped the Austrian side from the medals race.

Quarterfinals
Final
Silver round 1
Silver round 2

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

12 athletes represented Austria. It was the third appearance of the nation in athletics. Hans Tronner's fifth-place finish in the discus throw was the best result for Austria in 1912, tying the best placing in the nation's history for athletics.

The rank given is the rank in that athlete's heat.

AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Philipp EhrenreichLong jumpalign=center colspan=2N/A6.1423align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Fritz Fleischer100 m?4align=center colspan=4Did not advance
200 m?3align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Viktor FranzlLong jumpalign=center colspan=2N/A6.5718align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Pole vaultalign=center colspan=2N/A3.2018align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Karl HackMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Gustav KrojerTriple jumpalign=center colspan=2N/A13.4515align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Javelin throwalign=center colspan=2N/ANo mark24align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Pentathlonalign=center colspan=4N/AElim-3 5421
Felix KwietonMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/A3:00:48.020
Wladyslaw Ponurski200 m?4align=center colspan=4Did not advance
400 m?3align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Emmerich RathMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/A3:27:03.833
Ind. cross countryalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Rudolf Rauch100 m?3align=center colspan=4Did not advance
200 m?3align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Josef SchäfferShot putalign=center colspan=2N/A11.4413align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Discus throwalign=center colspan=2N/A34.8729align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Two handed discusalign=center colspan=2N/A63.5016align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Decathlonalign=center colspan=4N/A6568.58510
Hans TronnerDiscus throwalign=center colspan=2N/A41.245align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Two handed discusalign=center colspan=2N/A66.6613align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Fritz Weinzinger100 m?3align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Fritz Fleischer
Gustav Kröjer
Rudolf Rauch
Fritz Weinzinger		4 × 100 m44.82align=center colspan=4Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

6 cyclists represented Austria. It was the second appearance of the nation in cycling, in which Austria had not competed since 1896. Robert Rammer was the first Austrian to finish the time trial, which was the only cycling race held; he placed 23rd. As a team, the top four Austrian cyclists placed 7th out of the 15 competing teams.

Road cycling

CyclistEventsFinal
ResultRank
Josef HellensteinerInd. time trial11:54:00.245
Adolf KoflerInd. time trial11:39:32.631
Rudolf KramerInd. time trial11:53:12.843
Robert RammerInd. time trial11:30:40.823
Alois WachaInd. time trial12:01:12.452
Josef ZilkerInd. time trial11:54:38.746
Josef Hellensteiner
Adolf Kofler
Rudolf Kramer
Robert Rammer		Team time trial46:57:26.47

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

A single diver represented Austria, which was one of three nations (along with Great Britain and host Sweden) to send women to the first Olympic women's diving competition. It was Austria's first appearance in diving. Hanny Kellner did not finish the competition.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

12 fencers represented Austria. It was the fourth appearance of the nation in fencing, in which Austria had not competed in 1904. The sabre team's second-place finish was Austria's best fencing result to date, as the nation had done no better than bronze before. It was Otto Herschmann's second silver medal—he had won one in swimming 16 years earlier. Richard Verderber, another member of the sabre team, was the only Austrian to qualify for the final in an individual event, winning the bronze in the foil event.

FencerEventRound 1QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
RecordRankRecordRankRecordRankRecordRank
Albert BogenSabre2 wins2 Qalign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Rudolf CvetkoFoil3 losses5align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Franz DereaniFoil4 losses5align=center colspan=9Did not advance
Sabre1 win2 Qalign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Friedrich GollingFoil2 losses3 Q4 losses5align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Sabre2 wins4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Arthur Griez von RonseÉpée4 losses3 Q3 losses4align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Karl MünichSabre3 wins1 Qalign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Josef PuhmFoil3 losses4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Sabre2 wins3 Qalign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Andreas SuttnerFoil3 losses4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Reinhold TramplerFoil5 losses6align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Richard VerderberFoil1 loss1 Q2 losses3 Q0 losses1 Q4–3
Ernest zu HohenloheSabrealign=center colspan=3Bye3 losses4align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Albert Bogen
Rudolf Cvetko
Friedrich Golling
Otto Herschmann
Andreas Suttner
Reinhold Trampler
Richard Verderber		Team sabrealign=center colspan=2N/A2–01 Q2–12 Q2–1

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Consolation quarterfinals

Consolation semifinals

Consolation final

Final rank: 6th place

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Austria had one competitor in the first Olympic pentathlon competition.

(The scoring system was point-for-place in each of the five events, with the smallest point total winning.)

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Six rowers represented Austria. It was the nation's first appearance in rowing. Neither of Austria's two boats finished their first round heats.

(Ranks given are within each crew's heat.)

RowerEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Alfred HeinrichSingle scullsalign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=6Did not advance
Hugo Cuzna
Emil Jand (cox)
Georg Kröder
Fritz Krombholz
Richard Mayer		Coxed fouralign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=6Did not advance

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Seven shooters represented Austria. It was the nation's first appearance in shooting.

RowerEventFinal
ResultRank
Edmond Bernhardt50 m pistol24553
30 m rapid fire pistol19440
Johann Dulnig600 m free rifle4181
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.4181
Heinrich Elbogen100 m deer, single shots387
100 m deer, double shots4816
Adolf Michel100 m deer, single shots3610
Peter Paternelli100 m deer, single shots3115
Adolf Schmal, Jr.50 m pistol40639
30 m rapid fire pistol26920
Eberhard Steinböck100 m deer, single shots2331
Heinrich Elbogen
Adolf Michel
Peter Paternelli
Eberhard Steinböck		100 m team deer, single shots1154

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Three tennis players represented Austria at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's second appearance, and two of the players were veterans of the 1908 Summer Olympics. These two, Pipes and Zborzil, gave the nation its first Olympic medal in tennis with their silver in the outdoor doubles—an event in which they had lost a quarterfinal match four years earlier.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Felix PipesOutdoor singles
W 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
L 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5		align=center colspan=5did not advance31
Ludwig von SalmOutdoor singlesBye
W 6–1, 7–5, 6–3
W 7–5, 6–4, 6–1
W 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
L 6–2, 6–2, 6–4		align=center colspan=2Did not advance5
Arthur ZborzilOutdoor singlesBye
W 6–2, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
W 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
W 6–1, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2
L 6–4, 6–3, 6–2		align=center colspan=2Did not advance5
Felix Pipes
Arthur Zborzil		Outdoor doublesalign=center colspan=2N/A
W 6–0, 6–2, 6–0		Bye
W 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
W 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 10–8, 10–8
L 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Eight wrestlers competed in Austria's Olympic wrestling debut, two each in four of the five weight classes. Four of the eight reached the fourth round of competition before receiving their second loss, but none was able to advance further into the tournament.

WrestlerClassFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundSixth roundSeventh roundFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Match A
Opposition
Result		Match B
Opposition
Result		Match C
Opposition
Result		Rank
Karl BarlLight heavyweight
L
W
L		align=center colspan=7did not advance16
Viktor FischerLightweight
W
L
W
L		align=center colspan=6did not advance17
Peter KokotowitschMiddleweight
W
L
W
L		align=center colspan=6did not advance11
Hans RaussFeatherweight
L
W		Bye
L		align=center colspan=6did not advance12
Friedrich SchärerFeatherweight
W
W
L
L		align=center colspan=6did not advance12
Josef StejskalLightweight
L
L		align=center colspan=8did not advance31
Alois TotuschekMiddleweight
L
W
W
L		align=center colspan=6did not advance11
Johann TrestlerLight heavyweight
L
L		align=center colspan=8did not advance20

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Austria at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417070257/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1912/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-06-24 . sports-reference.com.

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